Nov 03
There I was, trying to use up as many ingredients in my pantry as possible before the cleaners came to rearrange everything in the house. I had asked a friend round for tea and thus, I had to dig out a few cake-making appliances despite me having packed them all up a week ago.
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Oct 31
Mmmm … pancakes! Haven’t had them for a while so today I made some on a whim. Happy Halloween y’all!
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Oct 25
Bored and needing something quick and easy to go with coffee, so I ransacked the pantry and found some items I could use in making biscotti. I was actually leaning towards making a chocolate version but I had no more cocoa powder. It’s okay, this one came out way better.
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Oct 19
During the holy festival of Diwali (Deepavali), Hindus celebrate the event with a whole bunch of sweets and treats, one of them being Basbousa. Sweets are an important component during this Indian festival as they are made as offerings to the deity Lakshmi during poojas and, in return, the worshipper shall receive bountiful blessings for the coming year ahead. Basbousa is a semolina cake that is soaked in simple syrup after baking.
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Oct 07
Since the start of the month, all I can see around the city are adverts for Pumpkin Spice Lattes courtesy of a certain famous coffee franchise. It sounded interesting and since many of my personal friends have been Tweeting about its return I thought I had better try it for myself. Long story short, it didn’t live up to the hype but I liked the concept so I came home and made some for myself the proper way, using proper ingredients. HUGE difference.
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Oct 06
Stuck with a punnet of raspberries and a boyfriend who’s been threatening to throw them out if they are not used, I quickly delved into my cookbooks and came up with these decadent little choco treats. Wonderful little teatime treats, they would be a welcome sight on any table.
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Oct 01
Autumn has finally blown its way in and it is officially time to think of warm cosy baking ideas to celebrate the season … the season of spice and pumpkins. Today I am kicking things off with this wonderfully moist applesauce cake with candied pecans and cream cheese frosting. Now where’s that pot of coffee to go with it?
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Sep 23
I had to try this recipe out for coz it’s so super easy, and I haven’t made dessert in a long while. A unique recipe that uses an entire orange dumped into a food processor, skin and all, to make this amazingly moist cake by Annabel Langbein.
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Aug 16
Scones for tea … enough said! If in doubt over what to serve for tea, especially if you are not a fan of sweets and cakes, this will go down REALLY well. This is also a brilliant base recipe which you can expand to include other flavours of your choice: currants, sultanas, cranberries, chocolate chips, herbs or bacon.
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Aug 15
I bought my kitchen blow torch AGES ago under the pretext of making creme brulee, but predictably, I never got round to it. Finally I could not put it off any longer so I decided to make this warming, soul-lifting, stress-relieving version with the use of vanilla beans and dried lavender.
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